Breaking news

A little breaking news happening out this way today. Apparently, at a MoveOn rally, someone opposing Obama's health care reforms crossed over to confront the MoveOn side.

Somehow, he ended up with his finger bitten off, and walking with it to a nearby hospital.

At least, that's what preliminary reports are saying.

Just a point of information for the MoveOn side: if you want to hold down health costs, don't bite people's fingers off!

Morning Update: It looks like there was a very-aggressive man on the anti-Obama side. Apparently, the geography of the area meant that the pro-Obama people had to walk through the anti-Obama people to get to their side of the demonstration, and this one man was giving them a very hard time. One of the pro-Obama people engaged with this man, and the anti-guy punched him in the face so hard he fell over into a busy street. The pro-guy got up and by the time they were done, he had bitten off the anti-guy's finger.

The initial aggression seems to have been on the anti-Obama side, and I wonder why others in that crowd didn't try to hold him back or kick him out.

Still, escalating by biting off a finger seems a bit extreme.