well, could anyone but him get ricca out of prison by putting a fix in with a u.s. supreme court justice [tom clark ] now, that was slick, and coming up with the strategy to use the 5th amendment. this was all the hump.
I never said he wasn't great at what he did, but the Outfit was bigger than Camel. He was one of the pieces of the puzzle. Just like the Genovese family continued to thrive after Lucky, Costello, and Lansky were booted. Costello was a huge political fixer in New York.
