It's the final lap of the race for the U.S. Senate and independent Bernie Sanders said he's holding rallies almost daily while Republican Rich Tarrant said he's become the master of the roadside wave.

But there's more.

Today, Tarrant began airing a two-minute ad -- that's realllllly long, folks -- that features him explaining his health care plan.

Meanwhile Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT, drove to Sanders' headquarters for a news conference where the pair suggested the benefits that Vermonters and Americans would see if Democrats, plus Sanders, gained a majority of the seats in the Senate. Sanders stressed that nobody could predict which party would win control of the U.S. Senate -- and he certainly wasn't going to -- but the signs (read that polls) were hopeful that one-party (read that Republican) government in Washington, D.C., was about to end.

Tarrant held a news conference immediately following the Sanders/Leahy event to criticize their focus on partisan politics.

"It doesn't make any difference who's in charge," Tarrant said, referring to political parties. "If you get the right people there, they will do the right thing."

The question voters will answer on Tuesday is who they consider to be the right people.

-- Nancy Remsen