Personally, I think he didn't want to hit Salvie. He said so himself in Mafia Prince and as you said, in Blood & Honor. Nobody wanted to disagree with Scarfo. Like Caramandi said, if he had the opportunity to warn Salvie, he'd go out guns blazing after Scarfo, but I think both Joe Punge and Leonetti knew that Scarfo would prevail in the end as whacking a boss was a death sentence and Scarfo had the backing of New York. I think Salvie was done either way, but it was a blow for them. What a capo he was.