[img_assist|nid=1240|title=|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=left|width=420|height=240]Although California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and presumptive GOP nominee John McCain are all but politically attached at the hip, Schwarzenegger said Wednesday that McCain's endorsement of President Bush's call to lift the moratorium on offshore oil drilling had no chance of getting a "green light" in Hollywood parlance.

"California's coastline is an international treasure. I do not support lifting this moratorium on new oil drilling off our coast," the governor said in a statement Wednesday.

Schwarzenegger added that he would welcome a national discussion about how to lower the price of gasoline as soaring fuel pump prices are hurting many California families.

"We are in this situation because of our dependence on traditional petroleum-based oil. The direction our nation needs to go in, and where California is already headed, is toward greater innovation in new technologies and new fuel choices for consumers. That is the way we will ultimately reduce fuel costs and also protect our environment," the governor said.

Asked whether this policy split was symptomatic of other potential differences, Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear told the San Francisco Chronicle earlier this week that the answer was an emphatic "no."

"(Gov. Schwarzenegger) fully and passionately supports John McCain for president, but they will disagree from time to time, and this is one of those cases," McLear said.

Meanwhile, other California lawmakers, including some way on the other side of the isle from Schwarzenegger chimed in on the idea of lifting the oil drilling moratorium.

"The protection of California's coastline is vital to our wildlife as well as our economy, especially commercial fishing and tourism, which annually contributes over $50 billion to the state's economy," said state Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco.) "...Any effort to lift this moratorium is a bad idea."

When PolitickerCA.com asked if the liberal state lawmaker was standing with the mostly conservative celebrity governor on the oil drilling issue, Yee spokesman Adam Keigwin quipped: "You can say it, but we won't."