To help make sense of the looming deadline for Congress to raise the national debt ceiling, Stephen Colbert invited 'Wall Street Journal' columnist Naftali Bendavid onto 'The Colbert Report' (Weeknights, 11:30PM ET on Comedy Central).

One of the big problems in getting this legislation passed, or getting anything productive done for the Republicans is what Bendavid called an inability to "control their own troops," citing all the Freshman Republican congressmen in particular.

"[Speaker John Boehner] described the other day getting this through the house is a Rubik's Cube," Bendavid said. "And to me that symbolized that he was having a great deal of trouble solving this thing and figuring out how to get it done."

In case you missed it, Jon made a very special appearance on The Colbert Report Tuesday night. The situation is already a bit confusing, and Jon's explanation of it didn't help much. Actually, don't even think about it too much. Just focus on the fact that Jon is a very tiny man. What he lacks in height, he makes up with well-played self-deprecation.

"Indecision 2008": Big news! John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani have both dropped from the race. Edwards fixed up his hair and delivered a speech to say good-bye and Giuliani, accompanied by his supporters and funny eyebrows, dropped out in Florida. He also got an earful from the media for putting all his eggs in the Florida basket, whatever that means.