I knew Massino wouldn't stand back in the 90's before he even got pinched. He wasn't a real street guy. It is though him becoming a rat that saved the family almost because if he did take life and not squeal bodies would of been left in the street no doubt about that. Vinny and his crew were doing people in left and right, they were going after the prosecutors and even Nose because they thought he would try to take the reigns. Vinny only did all of this for his boss and when he learned he was wired for sound it broke his heart.