Article snippet: Former Vice President MORE came under fire on Wednesday after invoking his working relationships with two segregationist senators in the 1970s as an example of bygone “civility” in the Senate. Five of Biden’s rivals in the Democratic presidential field, New York City Mayor MORE (D-Md.), laid into him for mentioning Sens. James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.) during a speech at a fundraiser on Tuesday night. In his remarks, Biden sought to rebuff criticism of his centrist-minded politics from some in his party’s liberal wing. He pointed back to his early days as a U.S. senator from Delaware when he worked with Eastland and Talmadge, two Southern Democrats who opposed desegregation. “I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland,” Biden said, briefly emulating a Southern accent. “He never called me ‘boy.’ He always called me ‘son.’ ” Of Talmadge, Biden said that he was “one of the meanest guys I ever knew.” “Well guess what? At least there was some civility. We got things done,” Biden said. “We didn’t agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished. But today, you look at the other side and you’re the enemy. Not the opposition, the enemy. We don't talk to each other anymore.” Biden’s remarks won rebukes from Booker, de Blasio, Delaney, Harris and Sanders, who all said the former vice president’s comments were out of tune with the party. Booker said Biden was “wrong” to invoke his working relationships Eastland and Talmadge as an example ... Link to the full article to read more