How did Claire McCaskill handle the raucous health care crowd?”
Sen. Claire McCaskill admonished the noisy crowd at a town hall meeting on health care reform Tuesday, saying the people shouting out comments and nearly drowning her out were being rude. About 1,500 people turned out for the sometimes boisterous meeting in Hillsboro, about 30 miles south of St. Louis. Shouts frequently disrupted the meeting, and one man was arrested after allegedly taking a sign brought in by another person and ripping it. “I don’t understand this rudeness,” McCaskill told the crowd at one point. “I honestly don’t get it.” Someone shouted out that they didn’t trust McCaskill, a Democrat who was among the earliest supporters of President Barack Obama when he began his run for the White House. “Beg your pardon … you don’t trust me?” McCaskill said. “I don’t know what else I can do.” Many of the questions concerned health care for veterans and senior citizens. Others questioned whether the government would fund abortions or provide health care for illegal immigrants un
