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June 18, 2008 - 1:40pm

Schwarzenegger and McCain go separate ways on offshore oil drilling issue

Getty Images PhotoGetty Images PhotoAlthough 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.

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