Pass var from Array into JS Function

programming flash
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I am so close to getting this working, I have created an array and Im trying to extract a value from the array and pass it into my javascript function - which passes it to my javascript function in my HTML page. Im so close, when I click a button - it passes the var stateName, but its not pulling the state into that from the array. Can someone look at my code and help me out with this?

var buttonList:Array = [washington, oregon];
for (var i:Number = 0; i < buttonList.length; i++) {
  var mcBtn:MovieClip = buttonList*;
  mcBtn.stop();
  mcBtn.onRollOver = function():Void {
    this.gotoAndStop("onRollover");
    new Tween(this, "_xscale", Regular.easeOut, this._xscale, 150, 0.3, true);
    new Tween(this, "_yscale", Regular.easeOut, this._yscale, 150, 0.3, true);
    this.swapDepths(500);

};
    mcBtn.onRollOut = function():Void {
    this.gotoAndStop("onRollout");
    new Tween(this, "_xscale", Regular.easeOut, this._xscale, 100, 0.3, true);
    new Tween(this, "_yscale", Regular.easeOut, this._yscale, 100, 0.3, true);
    };

    for (var m:Number = 0; m < buttonList.length; m++) {
             var stateName:String = buttonList[m];
            mcBtn.onRelease = function():Void {
                ExternalInterface.call("selectState('stateName')");

            }
            trace(stateName);
    }
}

Thanks in advance!