Maybe I am missing something. I always thought that Tom's "screw up" was that he didn't find out from Turnbull that Geary would go along with moving Klingman out with no problem.
Was that it? If so, Turnbull misled Tom so Geary could squeeze him. If Turnbull had given TOm advance notice of this, I suspect the First COmmunion invitation list ight have en different.
"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!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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