Phony Dentist Con-Man, Or the Robin Hood of Root Canals? You Decide

Mario Pacheco, whose makeshift home dental clinic in Oakland was raided by authorities, guns drawn on Friday, tells CBS 5 today that he was "just doing what [he] could to help people." As it happens, he didn't have a license to practice dentistry and allegedly never called himself a dentist, but through referrals he performed dental work on low-income and uninsured patients, sometimes for free. He was wearing a white doctor coat when arrested, and according to reports his office was "filled with bloody gauze and dirty syringes," which doesn't sound all that nice and benevolent (especially the syringe part -- remind you of anything?). Yet another reason Pelosi better push that health care bill through the House!