In Stephen Power's WSJ story on Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist, we learn:

As the November contest with Democrat Sen. Barack Obama approaches, Mr. Crist is increasingly trying to help Arizona Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, clinch Florida's 27 electoral votes.

That task has sometimes revealed big differences between the two on issues important to Floridians. Mr. McCain, for example, opposed legislation in Congress last year that funded Everglades restoration, as well as a proposal to create a national catastrophic-insurance fund for hurricane-prone states like Florida. Mr. Crist supports both proposals. Mr. McCain has said he would bring industry and government together to protect homeowners, and while voicing support for Everglades restoration, has said he voted against the legislation funding it because it also contained hundreds of other projects that he considered wasteful.

"The notion that you would agree on everything...is naive," Mr. Crist says. "But that you agree on enough things and you have enough trust and confidence in a public servant like John McCain, I think that's enough for him to win Florida."

Democrats accuse Mr. Crist of pandering to Sen. McCain, who publicly endorsed lifting the ban only a day before Mr. Crist. Mr. Crist says that the charge is "simply not true" and that he was "just being honest" when he told journalists last week that his view on the matter had changed.

"When you hit $4-a-gallon [gasoline], any public servant worth their salt needs to realize that's a significant drain on the economy. ...You can say I'm never going to change my mind, and be consistent your entire life. You can also be wrong over and over if you don't take into account change," he says.

Crist is right. The idea that a running mate and nominee have to agree on everything is kind of absurd. Just look at George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan.

And while environmentalist and Democrats are jumping all over Crist for his supposed flip-flop, I think again the governor has the stronger argument. When facts change, you change your opinions.

UPDATE: The Governator himself has weighed in:

"America is so addicted to oil that it will take years to ween ourselves from it," Schwarzenegger said. "To look for new ways to feed our addiction is not the answer."

"Anyone who tells you this would bring down gas prices anytime soon is blowing smoke," he added.

Democrats should thank Arnold for writing their next ad against McCain.