Earlier today, I noted a couple of Democratic lawmakers who were saying that while their most recent town-hall meetings had been less than perfect, they didn’t really have any gripes with their constituents’ coming out and sharing their concerns and expressing some anger.

Now there’s Tom Perriello, Virginia Democrat:

News7 caught up with Perriello Thursday, working on a Habitat for Humanity house in Brosville.
He says he’s happy to see voters taking part in the health care debate, and he welcomes their questions.
“I felt strongly that we should take the month of August to road test this with the American people. We are moving too quickly. If we can figure out those reforms and cost savings, it’s a thing that most people in Central or Southside Virginia want,” said Perriello.

It’s almost as if these guys don’t want to call their constituents corporate-controlled zombie rabble.

The RNC is disturbing the Tweet of Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, “I disagree that the people showing concern over some healthcare proposals are ‘manufactured’ Real folks, strong opinions.”

Sen. Ben Cardin, Maryland Democrat, also sounds like he’s not too bothered: “In the town hall meeting I had, that was not the case. People have strong views about health care reform. The overwhelming majority of Americans want to participate. They want to know how it affects them, and what it will do with their health insurance through what it will do with their health care costs. Those are legitimate questions. I hope that those few people who might try to be disruptive understand that the overwhelming number of people want to get the information.”

John Dingell has one tonight. “Adam Benson, a spokesman for Dingell, declined to speculate on whether there would likely be a disruption at tonight’s meeting, saying only, ‘We think it will be a lively conversation.’”