It seems to me that Joseph Abate was perhaps the most powerful Lucchese member ever to be in NJ. I know Tumac probably earned more money, but it's all relative to the times. Abate established a crew that everyone feared and Acceturo reaped the benefits of his work. This is not to say that Acceturo was not talented and intelligent. Among all the mobsters that have flipped and explained the rationale for their changed allegiance (and they all seem to give one explanation or another), his has always been the most compelling to me. I think that Tumac "got it" and was one of the last remnants of the old guard. He also had to wait forever to get made (much like Gotti) because the books had been closed at Appalachian.