Thing is, how were they gonna get to Vito? As long as Vito was in the house recovering, he was practically invulnerable.
Yes, but Vito was in the hospital for weeks until he was able to come home. Sol could have gotten to him in the hospital. The people who were guarding Vito were "private detectives," as Tom told McCluskey. They could have been bought by Sol.
Solozzo I feel was fucked either way you slice it. He was a dead man walking and he knew it.
No doubt about it. That's why Sol was so desperate to kill Vito--it was his only chance, he thought, to cut a deal with Sonny and Tom to get his business going--and to save his life.
