He claims legitimacy...but seven years...that SEVEN YEARS on, he's still forcing home casino licences, making deals with Hyman Roth and killing people. Why hasn't he bitten the bullet and welcomed Tom back to the fold in all that time? Why have Neri and Lampone grown ever powerful and Tom is now a mere lawyer?

And why did Vito think that Tom failed as a wartime consiglieri? Exactly why? He concedes that Sonny was a bad don...so Tom really isn't to blame is he? A consiglieri can only be as good as far as his Don is prepared to listen to him

(By the way, I disagree that Sonny was a bad Don, I worship the man)