I just think it's great to see someone actually talking about this show-- what an underrated season of TV. I guess I'd just say that camaraderie is such a huge theme that it's understandable that he would stay there, where his men are, even if they're no longer living. I don't think he would want to be rescued-- the survivor's guilt would be too much, the sense of abandoning the men. He's going down with the ship, just... slower.