No because Neil was smart enough to know that Carmine Persico was planning to do away with him. It would've been suicide to hit Paul. He was too connected. The same way Gigante was after Gotti once Paul was hit, bosses would have also gone after Neil had he done such a thing.
"For us, rubbin'out a Mustache was just like makin' way for a new building, like we was in the construction business."
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