Henry in the House: Tax man (compromise) cometh

The bottom line on the Bush-era tax cuts for the rich is that President Obama has not caved in on extending them -- yet. But check back next week when Congress returns for its lame-duck session.

In an interview in Washington with The Huffington Post, White House senior adviser David Axelrod initially sent shock waves all the way here to Seoul because of a headline that said, "White House Gives In On Bush Tax Cuts."

The story was published just as we hit the seven-day mark in this Asian tour that has run through a series of time zones, so everyone from the president on down to White House staffers and humble reporters have gotten little sleep. The standard greeting in our work space is, "Did you get any rest?" or the much simpler, "I'm hitting the wall."