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And I'm glad you do! I left that sitting there knowing there'd be a question, or should be.

1: Because he was a thoroughly honorable man that didn't want one thing that wasn't his. Even 3 years early Social Security.
2: Did not want to take a chance on getting caught at it. He was an honorable man, but that didn't mean he didn't piss off plenty of people.

Those are the related reasons. Thanks for reading.