So I don't know enough about chess to fully flesh out this thought - but best to get the thought down and let those that 'can' pick it up and run with it if they see value.
Back to the Chess game
Capablanca vs Marshall Attack
https://en.chessbase.com/post/learn-to-play-the-marshall-attack
d5
8…d5
Marshall plays his gambit. Capablanca commented, "The sacrifice, if accepted, yields Black a powerful attack, although of a doubtful nature, and I am inclined to think that White should come out with advantage."
I don't really know where to go with it from here - but..
G HW Bush death == sacrifice, allowing La Cosa Nostra the pretext to meet (a la McCain) at the state funeral.
White accepts the sacrifice (Bush) and grants the meeting. But White comes out ahead for it in the end.