John Edwards might have finished third with the Democrats this year, but he won the gold medal in the Funniest Colbert Report Appearance by a Presidential Candidate contest (sorry, Duncan Hunter!). Also he's psychic, which is pretty cool. Today he turns 55 years old, so why not enjoy his the self-deprecating turn on Colbert?

Here's a link to a BBC investigative reporting article explaining why a jet ski might be handy for chasing down the billions lost in Iraq: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7444083.stm
That Hazem Shalaan who embezzled a billion flies around the world on the lam via a jet plane.