Galante was always interesting to me too. It was said that he kind of just stepped up and said he was boss in place of Rastelli but nobody really recognized that. Through his dealing, he became top dog and gained a ton of respect. I wonder if Lefty ever even met him. That scene in Donnie Brasco where, the character that I believe is supposed to be Galante, gets out of the car and Lefty is looking like a kid trying to get an autograph... granted it is just a movie. At that time, the families were still relatively big so I wonder if many soldiers even met the sitting bosses.