If I played it on a PC version I probably would create whole bunch of situations like that.
There is an editor/console to do a lot of things. It was tempting when I knew that on PC there are tons of ways to get around all the bugs that I have encountered so far, using console menu mostly, and be able to change parameter as I wish on any given item.
But my PC cannot handle this game at all. I need a new PC....
Slightly on-topic: I think Boone probably is the best companion there is. For all the major / difficult battles I had, so far, I just gave him AM rifle with incendiary rounds, and I would know exactly who he is targeting to either finish off quickly myself, or he himself destroys the target in a single shot.