And it's entirely possible that Cicale went off the reservation and did it himself. Lowlife rat fuck that he is. And you know that rats don't generally sway me too much one way or the other. But he's a real lowlife.

And I hate to say it, but shame on that entire crew for not checking deeper into Cicale's past. Because it was fairly common knowledge that Cicale had cooperated years earlier in a bullshit case in Florida. They sealed it in the court records, but anyone can do that math. A sealed plea = a rat.

Forget Massino's testimony. Without Cicale flipping, there's a fifty-fifty chance that Vinny would be on East Tremont Avenue right now.