I'm not going to actually comment directly on whether or not the heckling was rude, I just want to throw something against the wall. Like it or not, this address turned into a national Town Hall Meeting by virtue of the escalating frustration within the voting public, by definition an informal venue that encourages people to participate and voice their opinion. They were never intended to be a formal sit-there-politely-and-keep-your-mouth-shut event; the intent was to give the public a voice. We need that format that allows for public dissent, rather than allowing the speaker to present uncontested. When you have an issue as controversial and emotional as what was presented in this one, why would it shock so many people that fervent dissent was voiced? There are Town Hall Meetings going on all across the country on this subject - and many of them have been extremely heated. Wilson had just come from the largest town hall meeting in the history of South Carolina where his constituents had gotten very passionate about their concerns regarding this issue. I have no difficulty visualizing them sitting in their living rooms in front of their TVs back home yelling the words that came out of his mouth that night. As such, he was accurately representing the concerns and feelings of those he was elected to represent. I think that a lot of people are getting tired of being forced to listen to endless speeches that don't promote clarity and that pontificate uncontested what they perceive as untruth on issues that will reach into their pockets. A lot of people are getting frustrated at not being heard. That is what is creating a lot of the emotion that is on display. I'm not trying to justify his behavior; I am just trying to see it for what it was. Whether Obama likes it or not he is going to take whatever heat is generated on this issue because it is his plan - just like every other president has had to do throughout the entire history of this nation - a nation that was designed to make the President accountable to the People, not vice versa. America has never been depicted as being populated by polite, sweet docile creatures, but of fiercely independent people who demand their rights. Hoo Yah!