of the campaign sent an internal gop e-mail predicting cris will not win the primary. despite his own endorsement of cris he says if partisanship is all that matters rgs "whether or not you supported our endorsement of governor cris, we all share the same goal of keeping the seat in republican hands. let's bring in david weigle. thanks for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> from john mccain, party first. what should independents be taking away from this news? >> that doesn't sound like anything a maverick would do but we know john mccain was never a maverick. independents are watching. the message from this is that the republican party apparatus are going to chase out anyone who makes independent noises. remember the tipping point for cris in the past few days was