That makes no sense, Verizon doesn't mind releasing phone with the issue, they have already released two.
Also I think it could be a Moto issue since my Bionic doesn't have the issue - a phone by phone issue.
Since this is Samsung I don't see this issue being an issue.
If it is a network issue or something along those lines, maybe Google is holding it back if VZW thinks the fix is near so there arent those same bad issues when they release it. Nothing kills a release like major network drops and other problems that people blame on the phone when its really the network