I am currently watching "Funhouse" on A&E and I thought of something. What would have happened to Big Pussy if this took place? He shows up at the Bing after his first instance of being wired, passes the message along, through writing, that he was picked up by the Feds and is now wired. Would Tony and the others have spared his life? Imagine the damage that could have been prevented, i.e. the Elvis impersonator getting killed and the guy on the bicycle being hit.

I bring this up because watching "Funhouse" reminded me how much I like Salvatore.

I think that by the time you are "wired for sound" you have probably given up too much information, and it would be way beyond the realm of thought that you could be given a "pass". Puss still would have been snuffed out, as Tony is all to familiar with what comes along with being a rat. The stakes are too high for him to take a chance on letting Puss continue reporting to the feds.