Well, there was no #1 in a sense that #1 controlled everything. One boss, one vote on the Commission. What it all came down to was to have allies on the Commission. It all worked while there were two philosphical blocs on the Commission.
I agree with you on that #1 comment, nobody has supreme power over the others but it pays to have families with a commission vote on your side.
In Leonetti's book he commented that besides getting alot of Tony Caponigros north jersey assets he believed another motive to kill Bruno was to take control of Philly's vote on the commission which seemed to be controlled by the Gambinos while Bruno was the boss in philly. The Genovese namely Gigante wanted to have an ally in philly who he could depend on and thats what he got in Scarfo. Bobby Manna even asked Scarfo where the family would stand if anything should happen to Bruno and Scarfo told him they would be with the Genovese. It's in Leonetti's book.
