The Rexburg Standard Journal reports today that Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo, in a speech to the Rexburg Chamber of Commerce yesterday and in an interview with the paper, said the "Gang of Six" debt reduction plan he helped fashion is "the most powerful solution that's on the table right now" to the nation's fiscal crisis - and if it'd been enacted, the nation wouldn't have seen its credit rating downgraded last week. "I'm absolutely certain that if our proposal had been accepted the downgrade would not have happened," Crapo said. You can read a full report here from Standard Journal reporter Joseph Law, in which Crapo says, "I personally believe this debt crisis is the most serious threat we've ever faced. I think the American dream is at risk."