BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s dueling Republican congressmen, Charles Boustany and Jeff Landry, traded barbs and called each other liars as they squared off in their first debate. They tried to stake out differences in a race where both men call themselves conservatives.

Boustany called Landry a “typical good ol’ boy politician who will say anything to get elected” and who habitually skipped votes in Congress because he was running for re-election.

Landry described Boustany as lacking courage and following in lockstep with Washington Republican leaders even if south Louisiana voters didn’t support the policy.

Even when asked Wednesday how to bring civil discourse back into politics, the two men used the question as a point of attack against each other.

The debate was held on Lafayette talk radio station KPEL 96.5 FM.