Since the X-32 has entered the thread, did the wrong design win?
I know in the past the US used competing designs run in parallel for longer to ensure a backup and keep the pressure on the companies to produce the goods, but obviously that has an obvious up front additional cost implication, in hindsight was removing that concept a mistake?
Was the X-32 a worse design and/or Boeing a more risky company, I know it looked ugly but was it more likely to mature in to the required platform?