Hey, maybe it IS you

New project, couple guys standing around talking before things get started. Both were cannibalized from another project at the same agency -- they were working on one project and were told they weren't needed on that project but could work on another project the agency had started up. One of the CAs was philosophical about it and was glad he got rolled onto a new project. The other guy was bitching about how he wanted to stay on the other project because it had a better pay rate and hours.  It was all I could do to keep from asking him why he thought the other firm let him go. Did he think it was the professional equivalent of "Hey, it's not you, it's me." Maybe, just maybe, it was him.