Again that's opinion, explain why every article you read on Vario from the new york post to wikipedia says he was underboss up until 1975. Also im sure at one point ever mobster almost gets clipped, bosses got clipped. What's that gotta do with varios power? At one point he was ridiculously powerful. When sonny went away, vario took over nassau and suffolk and was the only one powerful enough to do it. Other families had guys try and sonny scared them off. Burke made money for all the bosses, wacked people at 16 for bosses. Henry hhill becomes a rat and so did gotti jr who shared rackettes with watts. What's your point. Tommy bilottis book was given time to watts for the Costello hit, no? Again i believe watts was powerful man and when they speak or him they speak of him in the same sentence as Burke.