Yeah, I guess I'm not the only person who really felt bad for Boone. I had no remorse killing that old hag.
My only regret is that despite my best efforts, I couldn't convince him to shoot her in the kneecap instead, then leave her on the dry lakebed up the road past Helios 1.
Well that, and that I didn't take the "last and best" advice in the article: "...or you could save that ten dollars for the much-anticipated new Fallout Expansion Pack, New Vegas: The Non-Crashing Edition."