IC:
I like the banter. As was mine.
I can assure you the Obama admin cancelled it for political reasons and the Navy was happy to comply so they could avoid or defer any bill at all for non-combat, VIP support aircraft. At the end of the day is what Marine One is.
Remember who was sitting right next to Sen. McCain when he put Obama on the spot over the VH-71 program; his good friend Sen. Lieberman from the State of Sikorsky...... sorry, I mean Connecticut.
Coincidence, right