He was a major, major power. Many do not understand just how powerful this man was. He had a very small borgata. always. Yet, he had national influence, and his control over the southern states was near total.
I've seen several books refer to him as either the Mafias 1st or 2nd Don...
I was just comparing his political power to Costellos. I've always been dumbstruck as to why Costello is considered to have the most political clout. Its strikes me as NY bias....
