That's what made the choice he made with Vic and Gas that much more of a head scratcher.
Amazing how different the landscape could be.
Luongo head of the Lukes and Donnie Brasco stays on record with Jilly and Sonny Black takes the reigns of the Bonanno's. Not fat rat joe.
Both small things at the time. But changed LCN irreparably.
You know I generally don't do "what ifs," Sonny. But you're my pal, so I'll make an exception. Also, the mid-'80's were full of such "what ifs." But to me, the biggest one was Fat Tony taking the fall for Chin in the Commission case.
Because if Chin didn't have him as a front boss, and he went to jail instead of Tony, Tony goes to jail a few years later anyway because he had a rat right next to him in Cafaro. It would have been devastating to the Westside, and we'd probably discuss them today as if they were just another Mob family, instead of the Cream of the Crop.
They're undoubtedly the best and the brightest. But when you're good, you also tend to get lucky (in all walks of life).
