Some are chastising Team McCain’s decision to make a play for Pennsylvania in the final 13 days of the election, but it may be a wiser choice than they believe. According to CNN, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has been pushing for the Obamas and Clintons to return to Pennsylvania, fearing that McCain is making inroads.

(CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has sent two separate memos to the Obama campaign in the past five days requesting that the Democratic Presidential candidate—as well as Hillary and Bill Clinton—return to campaign in Pennsylvania, Rendell told CNN’s Gloria Borger.

Rendell said the McCain campaign is clearly making a push to win Pennsylvania, given the recent visits by the Arizona senator, his wife and his running mate. As a result, he wants Obama to appear in western Pennsylvania, Harrisburg and one more “large rally” in Philadelphia. Democrats generally worry that the race is significantly closer than what recent polls have suggested. According to Rendell, there is also worry among Democrats the McCain campaign has successfully raised the enthusiasm level among Republicans in the state.

“I don’t want to be selfish,” Rendell said. “But I’m still a little nervous, so I have asked Obama to come back. We understand he’s got demands from 20 different states, but we’d like to see him here.”

Obama’s support appears to be weakest in the western part of the state, a region Pennsylvania Rep. Jack Murtha recently called ‘racist,’ and one where he badly lost to Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.

CNN’s latest poll has Obama up by 13, but a Team Obama insider poll allegedly only has it at Obama+2. CNN says Democrats fear McCain is doing better than recent polls have shown and Team McCain claims the same. If nothing else, it may force Team Obama to devote time to PA.