I think you misunderstood my point about Branch, and so I must apologize for not being clearer. A lot of people harbor ill feelings towards him for the way his time in New England ended up, and that's what I was referring to when I mentioned that I thought your position was personal. It wasn't meant to be derogatory towards you but, rather, was a way of trying to understand the ardent nature of your opposition to his return. If I read your posts about that wrong, I apologize for that instead.
So, either way.... mea culpa.