My colleague and I wanted to experience for ourselves a true health care reform town hall, though we were admittedly a little frightened after watching highlights of past meetings on the news.
Nevertheless, we gathered our courage and set out, visiting one such meeting Tuesday night near the EBN/EBA office. Despite volunteers handing out George Washington’s code of civility to everyone in the audience, the Reston, Va., town hall got a little heated, to say the least. One man continuously shouted “Liar!” at Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) and former Vermont governor Howard Dean whenever they spoke of the public plan option, and at certain points yelled “Despot!” at the mention of President Barack Obama and at the introduction of Dean.
