From an attraction/recruitment perspective GOTTI was the best thing for the mob, since ------------------------?

I don't know..

The same thing for Merlino

I mean they weren't in the same league
Arguably Gotti was the considered the BOSS OF BOSSES by some.

And he took over the largest and most powerful criminal enterprise in America.

The Philly family obiviosly much smaller scale

But same principle at play.

No one really looks at it this way.

Also Gotti took so much heat off of the other families because the Govt was obsessed with taking him down.

I mean the Feds spent $100MM going after him.

Adjusted for inflation that probably would be closer to $300Mm today.

Think about that for a minute.