I will however grant him that there's nothing wrong with questioning Accardo's position, because that remains a topic of debate. There is not much more than speculations about his position anyway. And if you look at the 1963 chart of the Chicago Outfit, you see that there is no clear hierarchy at the top like with the other crime families. So it could be that most of these guys formed the board of directors and pretty much shared the power, with Ricca and Accardo being first among equals, like Lilo wrote.
The way I see it, it's hard enough figuring the current mob today without arguing about things from the distant past. That said that it should be noted that saying Accardo was never the boss isn't necessarily the same thing as saying he didn't have the last word. After all, the thinking has always been Accardo had the final say even after he become consigliere. Something quite unique to him and that position.
