careful about what he use necessary terms of his own political coat tails because they don't always pull in the same direction. >> why wouldn't he go to missouri? if it was close last name and he has a really good friend in senator clair mccaskill, and she has said, she made another statement, i've asked the president to come campaign in missouri. if he doesn't show up to help her out after she was one of the first to go for him -- >> i would be very surprised if he doesn't he won't make the trip trying to win the presidency in a state like missouri. >> has he given up missouri? >> essentially, yes. it's not part of their map right now. in part because there aren't a lot of previous mccain voters who they think they can win over this time around. he will be looking at what he did last time essentially as his ceiling. >> who else isn't going? >> john tester, the senator from montana is on the list. two from upstate new york who are running for re-election. the key thing they all have in common is they are from parts ever the country or districts that the president just doesn't have a lot going for him right now. and so they look at these things. they know they will get whacked for this back in their home