CNN is now reporting that a ruling on Larry Craig's request to withdraw his wide stance guilty plea isn't due until the "end of next week, at the earliest."

This is a big deal, because Craig's office has indicated that he would officially resign on Sept. 30 if his guilty plea weren't overturned by then. We now know, of course, that the ruling will come later than that.

So what will Craig do come the 30th? Despite the earlier indication of his self-imposed September 30 deadline, he refused to say late yesterday what he would end up doing. So we'll all just have to wait and see. Craig is expected to clarify his plans later today.