Would Solozzo have gone ahead with his plan to whack Vito if Sonny hadn't shot off his mouth at the drugs meeting and shown his greed for the deal?
You know TB, I never quite understood the typical interpretation of that scene. I know that Puzo and FFC wanted it interpreted the typical way. However, being the wise guy that Sonny was, I could interpret his words as his just being a smartaleck: "Yeah, sure. The Tattaglia's are going to do us a favor. No way.
Even if Sonny never spoke those words, I could conclude that Sollozzo realized that the the only way for Sollozzo to overcome Vito's no was for Sollozzo to eliminate Vito and then see if his successor would agree,
