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The two leading Republican candidates for president, Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, both stumped Kansas one day before its caucus.KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported that both candidates had essentially the same message: Vote for me because I'm the conservative you want.In Olathe, an overflow crowd gathered for a Huckabee rally Friday morning."I'm told there are 1,200 here. We thought we'd get 300. That's a good sign," Huckabee said.Many of those gathered at Mid-America Nazarene University said they want to dispel the idea that John McCain has locked up the Republican presidential nomination. There were very few undecided voters in the crowd, Mahoney reported.Huckabee told the crowd that Saturday's Republican caucus is important in the nominating contest."This should be a choice, not a coronation," Huckabee said.Huckabee also laid out his main themes -- he wants a flat tax, strong families, an end to abortion and a victory over terrorism. Mahoney reported that, as usual, Huckabee did it with some wit."Tomorrow when the caucuses are held, it's important to go. And it's important to get your friends and neighbors to go -- if they will vote for me," Huckabee said.Huckabee also told the crowd that nobody expected him or John McCain to be among the finalists for the GOP nomination when the race started last year.Huckabee's speech in Olathe was one of four events he planned in Kansas Friday, the day before Saturday's GOP caucuses. He also held rallies in Wichita, Topeka and Garden City.The caucuses also lured McCain to Kansas. About 300 people turned out in Wichita for his appearance.Mahoney reported that McCain sounded like a man about to become the Republican nominee."There will be a spirited debate between me and the nominee of the Democrat party. We will draw differences," McCain said.McCain spoke again about the contrast between his views and those of Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. He called it as "stark a difference" as any election "we've ever had." He adds that he's "proud to carry the banner of a conservative Republican" on such issues. McCain also invoked Ronald Regan and his conservative credentials.The GOP is expecting a high turnout at Saturday's caucus; Johnson County is preparing for 20,000 participants.The caucus starts at 10 a.m.; sites open at 9 a.m. The process is expected to last less than two hours.Kansas is one of three Republican contests Saturday; the other two are Louisiana and Washington.