Macaca? Mohawk? Here's the Big Hairy Deal

This week, after Sen. George Allen called his opponent's staffer Macaca, a controversy brewed. What does the word mean? Is it demeaning? Or worse yet -- French? But amid the apology and recriminations, a mystery has emerged regarding coiffure. The Virginia Republican has said macaca is a variation on mohawk, a nickname his camp awarded Democrat Jim Webb's volunteer S.R. Sidarth because of the look of Sidarth's haircut. Sidarth has replied that he wears a mullet, a much-maligned style not typically seen these days outside monster truck shows.