All I see is a comatose stamp. This is pretty valid, I spent a lot of time fact checking over this guys research. Only one position can be proven wrong, Little Paulie was not yet a soldier. Source: HBO.com

The guy is probably right in one aspect, Tony could have used Paulie's need to devote much of his time to fighting cancer to quietly slip Bobby in to Paulie's old spot. I mean, it wasn't even evident to Paulie till around The Blue Comet. Tony must have been real subtle.