Those that would argue that would be 100% incorrect. It was the opposite. People believe the Accardo myth because Paul Ricca was JUST THAT GOOD at hiding himself, so was Moe Giancana & so was Joey O'Brien, which is why those goes are the top 3 Outfit gangsters of all-time (Ricca & Aiuppa would be up there regardless based on profits/assets alone). Accardo wasn't any more respected than anyone else, he was the Outfit's main speaker/rep during that time period. In no way, shape, or form does this mean that he was "the boss". Moe Giancana hated NY & everything it stood for, he looked at them as complete goofs & if he could have had it his way, he wouldn't have done any business/mingling with those clowns at all.