I satisfied my curiosity this afternoon.  It is an interesting switch design.  I placed the part in my bench vise and drilled out the rivet/crimp connector from the bottom side.  Can even reuse it!  Was concerned about buggering up the switch, but all is well with it.  Will solder new wire in and put back together tomorrow. 
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