Did Obama getting hit in the mouth knock any sense into him?

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Twelve stitches. Put in by the White House Medical Unit.

That's right, the president only wants US to have to suffer under Obamacare. He's exempt.

Hopefully, it knocked some sense into him.

But somehow... I doubt it.

Obama gets 12 stitches after errant elbow to mouth

AP – President Barack Obama, with an ice pack over his mouth, looks out the second floor window of the White …

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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Darlene Superville, Associated Press – Fri Nov 26, 5:27 pm ET

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his upper lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday morning with family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.

First word of the injury came in a statement from press secretary Robert Gibbs nearly three hours after the incident.

The White House did not initially name the person who caused the injury, but identified him later Friday as Rey Decerega, director of programs for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

Obama received the stitches under local anesthesia in the doctor's office on the ground floor of the White House after returning home. Doctors used a smaller filament than typically used, which increases the number of stitches but makes a tighter stitch and leaves a smaller scar.

The president had gone to nearby Fort McNair to indulge in a game of basketball, one of his favorite athletic pursuits. It was a five-on-five contest involving family and friends. Among the players were Obama's nephew, Avery Robinson, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Reggie Love, Obama's personal assistant, who played at Duke University.

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