 Just before the Nixon party left for the airport , Nixon friend and journalist Bert Andrews managed to reach him by phone . Andrews told the senator that he should go to Wheeling ; that public reaction had already foreordained the outcome . He advised Nixon that he should accede to Eisenhower 's desire to make the inevitable decision in his own way , advice Nixon acknowledged " had the ring of truth " . Nonetheless , the Nixon party flew to Missoula . 
