Same really goes for Baratta. Being part of the Bronx faction didn't help either, which was a feature in almost getting crea killed too.
But his biggest mistake was aligning himself with Brooklyn. That a Harlem guy ended up siding with those maniacs was an embarrassment. And now he's pretty much a man without a country because of it.
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.