Barnes understated McCain's reported role in defense-contract controversy

SUMMARY: On Fox News' Special Report, Fred Barnes said of Sen. John McCain's role in a controversial Air Force tanker contract: "He asked for the Air Force to take into consideration, which he thought the Air Force regulations required, aircraft -- taking into consideration maximizing cargo and passenger capacity, which are important in a supertanker. Well, they did. And now Northrop Grumman and Airbus won the contract." But McCain also reportedly urged the Defense Department to not consider the potential implications of a World Trade Organization dispute between the United States and the European Union over whether Airbus and Boeing received illegal subsidies for commercial airliners from their respective governments.

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