The problem with your “cronyism” charge is that at the time, there was one vaccine for HPV, and it was made by one company. http://wingright.org/2011/09/13/one-more-time-perry-gardasil-and-the-facts/
So what? If there was only one auto maker and the feds mandated that everyone own a car as a payoff to that auto maker, it’s no less cronyism than it is if there were 10 automakers and the same thing occurred.