Hmmm. If Gotti would have whacked Tommy, it might have started looking like ethnic cleansing or something. That would agitate the Sicilian faction of the Gambinos who were all Tommy's cousins or under the control of his cousins from overseas.
Not a good idea.
"For us, rubbin'out a Mustache was just like makin' way for a new building, like we was in the construction business."
