Was Boeing paid to fail on JSF?

I wouldnt put it past the Gov to do something like that. It has happened before. During the 70's with the development of a long range heavy tanker, the 747 would have been the winner had McDonnell Douglas not been in dire straits. The military was coerced into signing off on the DC-10-30cf as the winner in the tanker category. The only thing the DC had going for it over the 74 was the fact that its empanage was more structurally sound to support the weight of the boom and hose/drogue system. The down side to the DC was that the fuselage could not be strengthened enough in the rear to support a cargo door, an engine and a boom. Two doors, one aft one forward was the preferred config. The 74 carried in a base fuel load what the 10 carried with extra tanks for the tanker mission. Dont get me wrong, I love the 10 and it has performed flawlessly, but the 747 would have been a more capable aircraft. And the government bailed out a failing company in hopes to save it, but in the end Boeing won out anyways.