When Vito talked about legitimacy, he was talking about Michael pulling hte strings. To me that means "only as legitimate as you have to be." I think Vito saw legitimacy in quite a different light than you or I.
Agreed. He saw Senator or Governor Corleone as someone in the legitimate world who would be The Family's ultimate political contact.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
