Natale wasn't even a made guy until he got out of the joint. Natale in my opinion, was never the boss. He got a cut of the operations but I think Merlino was making money on his own and wasn't kicking it up to Natale. I think if anyone exercised effective control in Philly it was Merlino.

Frank Costello: Fucking rats. It's wearing me thin. Mr. French: Francis, it's a nation of fucking rats.