The Early Word: Overhaul - NYTimes.com January 28, 2013, 6:00 am The Early Word: Overhaul A bipartisan group of senators will unveil a set of principles on Monday for a sweeping overhaul of the immigration system, Julia Preston reports. The blueprint will allow them to stake out their position before the opening of what lawmakers expect to be a protracted and contentious debate over the issue in Congress. Representative Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, was lying low after the Republicans' election losses in 2012, but he is reasserting his presence in the Capitol with a new track for his party, Jonathan Weisman writes. He is hoping to lay out a second, softer message that goes beyond the constant cycle of budget showdowns and deficit talks. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sat down for a rare interview at a time when Mr. Obama has run his last election and Mrs. Clinton is contemplating one more, Peter Baker writes. Much of Mr. Obama's early second-term energy seeks to simply preserve the status quo as he continues the fiscal battle with Congressional Republicans, John Harwood writes. Mr. Obama will welcome the N.B.A. championship team, the Miami Heat, to the White House.