Sure, and NASA are also nurturing Blue Origin who may be a good option in the future. I don't think anyone looks bad here if NASA go with Dragon and Starliner

Sure, and NASA are also nurturing Blue Origin who may be a good option in the future. I don't think anyone looks bad here if NASA go with Dragon and Starliner flies home autonomously and without incident. It makes Boeing look good, and everyone in the room look like adults. OTOH given the poor Boeing performance to date, killing a crew would probably take them out of the NASA program for a very long time, if not forever, and even having a non-fatal failure on way back would make the judgement of both Boeing and NASA look very poor.