[bagster]

there were hearings before Frankie 5 angels took one for the team.

The metaphor is more about the "taking one for the team and offing yourself (or agreeing to it) than the actual hearings.

Frankie was showing loyalty, in the end, to his brother, La Cosa Nostra, and to his family. He knew he was a dead man walking anyway, sooner or later.

That's the comparison.

Bush = Frankie Five Angels.

#LoyalToTheEnd

#JustNotToHisCountry

#TeamPlayer

Bagster

[stylin19a]

not what you said.

That confirms to me that GHWB did not go quietly into death of natural causes. The old b@$+@rd was sacrificed to postpone these hearings, or testimonies or whatever.

Yap. He totally got Franky "Five Angels" Pentangeli'd.

your "Yap" seems to agree with the notion in the quote, that GHWBush took one for the team to defer the hearings.
first, it's Frankie, and he took the hit after the hearings, so yes I don't get it.