If you don’t take favors from the mob, you won’t owe them favors.
Bingo! Wise men never let the mob get their hooks into them in the first place. Never accept the first gift or the first favor, and never get yourself into a compromising position where there is even the possibility of an appearance of impropriety. Guard yourself like Tim Scott and Trey Gowdy do, never going anywhere without trusted friends or family. And if you do slip up, do what David Vitter did and confess it immediately to neutralize the blackmailers' power over you.
Personally, I think Harry Reid got his ass kicked for failing to deliver to his mob patrons. Not only does Reid look like a man who has been badly beaten, he acts like a man who has been beaten and thoroughly humiliated.
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Reid's story is laughable.
I wonder what a forensic doctor would say about Reid's serious bruises if he was able to examine Reid's bruises on national tv?
For instance, I wonder what famous doctor Baden, he of O.J. Simpson trial fame, would say about Reid's severe injuries. I don't think that Baden's evaluation would conclude that Reid got all those injuries from falling off some exercise machine. Laughable.
If you believe Reid's story, then I have some oceanfront property to sell you in Reid's home state of Nevada.