What is so hard for you to understand? That the so called rules get bent and broken all the time? That they don't live up to some kind of Mario Puzo mythology that you have set in your head? No offense, Binnie. But the more you learn about how these guys really operate, the more disappointed you're going to be.

Money talks and bullshit walks, in that world just like in the rest of the world. The Gallos had the stomach to kill at the drop of a hat, and they were big earners. Matty and Tony both loved Albert, and on the strength of that the bosses looked the other way (No sense in speculating about Joe and Larry because those guys died young and they were a different story).