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It’s going to come down to the superdelegates. After winning Puerto Rico by what her campaign co-chair said would be the widest margin of any state to vote so far, Hillary Clinton delivered what’s likely to be her final victory speech in San Juan — telling a crowd of supporters she’ll have the popular vote lead after Tuesday’s final primaries, and that party leaders will have to make a decision.

“You’ve come out strong, you’ve defied the skeptics,” she said to 500 Puerto Ricans at the Condado hotel victory celebration. ” We are winning the popular vote. Now there can be no doubt. The people have spoken and you have chosen your candidate.”

“So when the voting concludes on Tuesday, neither Senator Obama nor I will have the number of delegates to be the nominee. I will lead the popular vote. He will maintain a slight lead in the delegate count,” Clinton said. “The decision will fall on the shoulders of those leaders in our party empowered by the rules to vote at the Democratic convention. I do not envy the decision you must make. But a decision has to be made.”

Clinton often says that decision comes down to two questions: who’s best to beat John McCain, and who will be the best president. Today, she added a third: “which candidate best represents the will of the people who voted in this historic primary?”

“I am in this race because I believe I am that candidate, and I will be that president,” she said to applause.

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Louisville, KY–

Senator John McCain went to the National Rifle Association’s annual convention today to court gun owners—and go after his Democratic rival Senator Barack Obama.

McCain made an addition to his prepared remarks to respond to comments Obama made about the Arizona senator today:

“Earlier today, Senator Obama made a few remarks I would like to respond to. I welcome a debate about protecting America. No issue is more important. Senator Obama claimed all I had to offer was the ‘naive and irresponsible belief’ that tough talk would cause Iran to give up its nuclear program. He should know better,” McCain said, “I have some news for Senator Obama: Talking, not even with soaring rhetoric, in unconditional meetings with the man who calls Israel a ‘stinking corpse’ and arms terrorist who kill Americans will not convince Iran to give up its nuclear program. It is reckless to suggest that unconditional meetings will advance our interests.”

Obama’s attack earlier today compared McCain to President Bush and pointed to Bush’s “failed” policies abroad and went after McCain for supporting them. This back and forth all started yesterday when Bush spoke in front of the Israeli parliament and said that politicians that sit down to negotiate with terrorists are suffering from a “foolish delusion.”

Bush denied he was talked about Obama, but it started off a political firestorm which McCain addressed later yesterday. He went after Obama for saying he would sit down and talk with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahjmadinejad, which lead to the continued boiling over today where the Republican nominee-in-waiting went on to question Obama’s judgment:

“It would be a wonderful thing if we lived in a world where we don’t have enemies,” McCain said, “But that is not the world we live in, and until Senator Obama understands that reality, the American people have every reason to doubt whether he has the strength, judgment, and determination to keep us safe.”

McCain didn’t spare Senator Clinton either painting them both as wanting to limit the rights of gun owners, “Let’s be clear. If either Senator Clinton or Senator Obama is elected President, the rights of law-abiding gun owners will be at risk my friends and have no doubt about it. “

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Hillary Clinton painted Barack Obama as all talk and no substance on national security in Waco, TX — saying “Senator Obama talks about these issues, but when it came time to act, he was missing in action.”

“There’s a big difference between delivering a speech at an anti-war rally as a state senator, and picking up that phone in the White House at 3am in the morning to deal with an international crisis,” she said. “Senator Obama talks about these issues, but when it came time to act, he was missing in action.”In particular, Senator Clinton claimed Obama’s failure to show up for an important vote on Iran and his inability to hold “substantive” hearings on his Senate committee that oversees NATO make him a less qualified choice to be commander in chief. She also attacked the central claim of his candidacy — that he’d opposed the war in Iraq in 2002, while she voted to authorize force.

“There’s a difference between making a speech when you have no responsibility, and having to step up and take charge and take responsibility for your actions,” she said.

Flanked by generals and admirals who are supporting her candidacy, including Gen Paul Eaton and Gen Wesley Clark, Clinton echoed her new ad on national security — arguing that she understands what it means when the crisis phone in the White House rings at 3am. “There isn’t any time to convene your advisers.To do a survey about what will or will not be popular. You have to make a decision. And in the world that we face with both the challenges and opportunities, we need a president who picks up that phone ready to decide.”

“Senator Obama says if we talk about National Security in this campaign, we’re trying to scare people,” she said — referring to Obama’s claim that the new ad plays on people’s fears. “I don’t think people in Texas scare all that easily.”

“The American people aren’t afraid of the challenges and dangers we face in the world. They want a president with the strength and wisdom to take those challenges and dangers head on.”

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