Health care debate gets ugly

This is getting ridiculous:

Authorities are searching for a health care-reform activist who they said bit off part of a 65-year-old man's pinky during a scuffle at a MoveOn.org rally in Thousand Oaks, a city northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

It all started with their difference in philosophy over health care reform," said Senior Deputy Eric Buschow of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.

The incident occurred about 7 p.m. Wednesday at a demonstration organized by affiliates of the activist group MoveOn.org, which drew about 100 supporters of President Obama's health care plan, Buschow said. The rally also attracted about 25 counterprotesters, he said.

During the rally, two men got into a heated argument and began fighting. "At which point, one man bit off the left pinkie of the other," Buschow said.

The injured demonstrator, William Rice, then drove himself to a hospital, he said.

"We're still trying to figure out who was the aggressor," Buschow said.