Massachusetts Senator John Kerry won five state primaries and caucuses last night moving a step closer to securing the Democratic nomination for president. Kerry won in Missouri, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota and Delaware. Senator John Edwards won South Carolina and nearly won Oklahoma where he lost to General Wesley Clark by about 1,300 votes. Former Vermont governor Howard Dean did not finish better than third in any state. He skipped advertising in all seven states to focus on Washington and Michigan where votes take to the polls on Saturday. And Senator Joseph Lieberman announced last night he was dropping out of the race.