Last night was a huge win for Sen. John McCain all the way around. He not only clinched the GOP Nomination for President with four blowout wins, he also saw Sen. Hillary Clinton win three of four Democratic Primaries - including Texas and Ohio - guaranteeing the increasingly bitter Dem nomination battle will drag on for weeks or months!

Clinton scored a blowout against Obama in Ohio, and narrowly won in Texas as well. She has effectively stopped Obama's momentum, and now can work of dragging this race all the way to the August Democratic Convention and hope to win the nomination on the strength of Super Delegates. Meanwhile, John McCain has gained precious time to consolidate his strength, build a national organization and escape the huge money advantage of the Democrats being turned against him until much later than they would like. As I said - a great night for John McCain!

Here's the Washington Times summary of Hillary Clinton's victories last night:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton slowed Democratic front-runner Sen. Barack Obama by scoring wins yesterday in Ohio and Texas, drawing out the Democratic battle for president even as Sen. John McCain completed a once-unthinkable comeback by clinching the Republican presidential nomination.

The Clinton campaign said Ohio and Texas were must wins to keep her in the race to the next big contest April 22 in Pennsylvania, hoping that mounting scrutiny will damage Mr. Obama's credibility and sap his rock-star-like appeal.

"For everyone here in Ohio and across America who has ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out and for everyone who stumbled but stood right back up and for everyone who works hard but never gives up, this one is for you," Mrs. Clinton told a cheering crowd in Columbus prior to results from Texas late last night.

Mr. Obama, who won 11 consecutive states before yesterday's contests and leads in nominating delegates, congratulated his opponent for her victories in Ohio and Rhode Island but made clear he is too far ahead to catch.

"We know this," Mr. Obama told supporters in San Antonio, "no matter what happens tonight, we have the same delegate lead we had this morning and we are on our way to winning this nomination."

Mr. Obama of Illinois won as expected in Vermont, the fourth state to hold a primary yesterday.