Certainly. I had figured Tom was business-savvy as well, considering at least one Las Vegas casino had offered him a Vice President of House and Hotels position.

Michael may not have needed Rocco, but that was a suicide mission and I think Rocco proved his loyalty in killing Roth in the middle of dozens of FBI agents.

One way trip...I'm chuckling because I'm thinking of "Boondock Saints" where the Funny Man is sent in to kill nine guys with a revolver.