Originally Posted By: azguy
I read somewhere that Castellano and Bruno were often seen eating dinner together and at the same time Philly/Bruno had a commission seat. Philly would always side with Paul and that rubbed Chin the wrong way even though him and Paul were close.

Carlo Gambino literally gave the job to Bruno in 1959 and him and Bruno were supposed to be pretty close. The Gambinos pretty much controlled Bruno's vote on the Commission from 1959 until 1980 when Tony Caponigro blasted him in the head with a shotgun.

Bruno and Castellano would meet and have dinner at a restaurant in south jersey owned by John Gambino's brothers, Joe and Rosario.

Castellano wasn't an idiot, he must of known soon after the Bruno hit how the Genovese played this thing out with Bruno and Caponigro.