Anagrams Within Words in Python

AnagramsWithinWords.py

#http://regularcoder.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/python-anagrams-within-words/
class AnagramChecker:
    #Temporary list that contains the first word. We will remove matching
    #characters from here
    #Python doesn't insist on explicit declaration of class variables but
    #this variable was declared for purposes of clarity
    tempFirstWord = []

    def checkChar(self, charOfSecondWord):
        if charOfSecondWord in self.tempFirstWord:
            #Remove matching character from temporary first word
            self.tempFirstWord.remove(charOfSecondWord)
        else:
            #Reset first word as we need to start checking from beginning
            self.tempFirstWord = list(self.firstWord)

        #If our tracking variable runs down to 0 then we have a complete and continuous match
        if len(self.tempFirstWord) == 0: 
            return True
        else:
            return False

    def checkAnagram(self, userInput):
        #Python's wonderful list unpacking feature means we don't need a temporary
        #variable to store the split results
        self.firstWord, self.secondWord = userInput.split(" ")

        self.tempFirstWord = list(self.firstWord)

        anagramFound = False
        for c in self.secondWord:
            if self.checkChar(c):
                anagramFound = True
                break

        return anagramFound
    
userInput = raw_input("Please enter two words: ")

checkerObj = AnagramChecker()
print "Anagram found: ", checkerObj.checkAnagram(userInput)