[Mercman572]

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Villain 3, who raised pre-flop, loves to raise the flop if he's the one who raised it pre-flop. I would estimate he does this 3/4 of the time. If I just call, it shows weakness and it gives him the opportunity to bomb it for me.

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I don't like your estimate or your logic. Don't rely on him to bet your unts with a raise ane 2 callers. Checking and having a heart hit here would be tragic

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Or I can hope that he's on an overpair or draw and will call if I bomb it myself. That's certainly a possibility.

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Now you're onto something. As I keep saying, Villain 2 could have easily caught a nice piece of the board.

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These maniacs were likely not going to knocked off a flush draw. So I had the advantage of knowing that if I smooth-called, and Villain 3 did as well, I could get away from my hand if a heart hit the turn.

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You turn that advantage into a disadvantage by calling. You gain when opponents make mistakes, not when thye call on a draw correctly. If someone turns over their cards with a flush draw and you call rather than raise, you have made an error in the Fundamental Theorem of Poker.