"I've posted elsehwhere that he probably tried to get back at Michael at the Senate hearing."
Is his speech about how great Italian-Americans are during Michael's testimony a part of that as well?
That speech was political BS. His real feelings were expressed when he told Michael how he didn't like his kind with the oily hair, etc.
Exactly. When he said, "These hearings on the Mafia are not a reflection on the great Italian people," who did he mean by "Mafia" if not Michael, who was sitting right there? And when he said, "It'd be a shame..for a few rotten apples to spoil the whole bunch," who did he mean, if not Michael? But of course, most people would think he was defending Italians.
As you said, Kly, the "oily hair/silk suit" rap expressed his true feelings about Italians.