Excusing myself too, if this one has been discussed beford, but it's hard to find out...

What do you think had happend if Tom - after Michael asked him something like "Why don't you take your wife, your children and your mistress, accept that offer, move to vegas and be vicepresident of that hotel" - had ansered "Well, yeah, I'm gonna do it, thanks for all the time we've spent together, maybe we'll see each other again someday"?

Do you think Michael would let it pass? I mean, with all his knowledge about the Corleone business, Tom would have been a real danger for the family, an enemy that must be eliminated! Don't you think so ?