http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/09/finger_bitten_off_during_california_health_protest.php?ref=fpb Finger bitten off during California health protest
"California authorities say a clash between opponents and supporters of health care reform ended with one man biting off another man's finger.
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O'Hanlon says the man got into an argument and fist fight, during which he bit off the left pinky of a 65-year-old man who opposed health care reform.
A hospital spokeswoman says the man lost half the finger, but doctors reattached it and he was sent home the same night.
She says he had Medicare."