LO, while i don't disagree for a second that the USMC's 'B' buy is now in doubt, i don't believe for a second that the USN is going to ****-can the billions its spent on developing 'C' just so that it can go back to the drawing board and spend more billions to develop an aircraft that looks like JSF, is bound to be even more expensive, and gets into service 10 years later.
as well as being 10 - 15 years behind the USAF in the 'first day of war' business...