Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s national security adviser reportedly stepped down from his post after claiming a Washington Post profile published Friday “overstated” his role in the senator’s hold on military nominations.

Morgan Murphy told Politico he stepped down in deference to Tuberville, who was bothered by the Post piece’s characterization that Murphy was instrumental in getting the senator to hold the nominations.

Murphy, a Birmingham native, former Birmingham-Southern College graduate, bacon entrepreneur and 24-year Navy veteran, could not immediately be reached by AL.com to confirm the Politico report on his resignation.

“He is the boss and calls the shots and always has,” Murphy told Politico. “I am, was, at the end of the day, a staffer. I didn’t take kindly to a perception otherwise.”

In the Post profile, Murphy said he presented Tuberville with a list of options on how to handle the Defense Department’s new policies expanding abortion access when the senator decided to hold up the nominations.

Tuberville’s move has roiled members of both parties in the Senate. The holds also do not have the blessing of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Among the generals’ and admirals’ promotions being held up by Tuberville’s block are Gen. C.Q. Brown, the president’s nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.