Democrats, led by the incessant, yes-we-can chant of Barack Obama, say they want positive change in Washington, but when John McCain actually helps provide that very thing, here is what you get from some of them: moaning, groaning and opportunistically deceptive election-year hooliganism.

The beginning of the story is fairly simple. Boeing and the Air Force had cooked up a crooked deal in which the company would get maybe $6 billion more than was justified for leasing aerial refueling tankers.