Rush, as I recall, was very careful and just plain said that he didn’t want to discuss it. I don’t know if he saw it as a no-win battle at the time, or if he got a warning of some sort. At any rate, he didn’t get nasty about it.
OMG! Omg! Have you guys seen the new video of the medical examiner that died in the plane crash? They have it caught on camera that there is a scuba diver the pulls are under!
https://youtu.be/9v636AlaVmE
Rush may not have believed O to be eligible, but he had no solid proof at the time.