What Tom MacArthur learned after getting roughed up at a town hall

Published May 20, 2017 4:01am ET



The American Health Care Act might have died if not for Rep. Tom MacArthur.

The centrist Republican negotiated a key amendment with a leading conservative lawmaker that resuscitated the package after it had been left for dead and sparked the momentum that led to its passage in the House on May 4.

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