Babin's take on town hall meetings

Yesterday, the Bee's editorial cartoonist published this cartoon. I am not sure what his point was. While I think Babin meant to impugn the motives of opponents there are at least three interpretations of the cartoon. They include:
1) The opposition to the Administration's healthcare proposal is actually a bunch of lackeys who jump at the behest of their right ring leaders. While the White House has made a big thing about the conspiracy of the opposition against its massive takeover of our healthcare system - the opposition is real. There is plenty of manipulation going on in this fight from both the supporters and opponents of the plan.
2) The use of the town hall format is increasingly fraudulent because of the politician's unmitigated manipulation of who can get into them. All politicians use their town hall meetings to orchestrate their desired results. Some of this manipulation is done in the name of security. That is a tradeoff that we should be very careful of. When politicians, including the president, are allowed to speak only to controlled crowds, they become out of touch with the people they are hired to serve. Those who are not galavanting around the world during the recess are back in their districts going to controlled events. That is the current state of leadership in congress.
3) The clown hall is actually the halls of congress. Few, if any, members of congress have bothered to do the job they are hired to do. The current proposal is a massive volume. Shouldn't the clowns in congress take a bit more care before they make changes to a seventh of the economy?

For me #2 and #3 are more compelling than #1. But then I am one of those people who remains very much concerned about the proposal (and no I have not read the whole bill).