I believe him. If he was leaving for other reasons, salary would never be mentioned as you never hear salary as the lame excuse. You would hear “time with the family”, etc.
And, if a man does not know if he will live or not, with heavy medical expenses, he would feel he should be making as much as possible for the benefit of the three children should he be gone.
Tony is a fine man. Politics is not playing a part in this.
When you have problems like Tony has, you realize the things that are important.
I didn’t get that at first but I do now.