Thats not cowardice, that's precaution. And Nicky Jr won't flip, I don't know why people get this idea that he'll flip because "he cant handle prison life", he's had multiple opportunities to flip and bit the bullet each time.
Leonetti must be scared not of merlino but of the guys like Narducci that made 20+ years because he flips. But with a dead son,another in prison and another that hate him with his sister that hate him for what do to philip I want to know who will attend the Scarfo sr funeral?
He was the boss that destroyed the family but always the boss.
