Sure, or at least they'd discussed firing him because of that (but it was in advance of the invasion, I believe), but he was already what he might have consider

Sure, or at least they'd discussed firing him because of that (but it was in advance of the invasion, I believe), but he was already what he might have considered retirement age when that happened. Could he have gone on elsewhere if he'd wanted to? I bet he could have done. Maybe he just didn't want to.