Spaz - Because anonymous Internet posters are always more credible than people who put their names and professional reputations on the line?
What's interesting is that the Adm. says:
"So the question becomes how many do we buy, and how does it integrate into the air wing," he said. "We are just sort of getting into the details of that."
Because according to the program of record, the Navy Dept. total was set at 680, back in 2004 IIRC, and the Navy and Marines agreed in 2011 that there would be 340 Bs and 340 Cs, 80 of the latter being USMC-badged. So officially "the details of that" were already settled.