!!! Leahy, the most senior senator, uses the D-word (depression).

[MelissaB]

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"The biggest mistake we could make is too little, too late,'' Patrick Leahy said of a very large stimulus package. He noted the Dow's 3,000-point drop.

"I think recession is almost automatic and I worry about depression,'' the Vermont Democrat said, noting the global nature.