I don't think he's conservative by any stretch. I believe he supports the Hellywood liberal causes, but just doesn't involve himself much in them or with those that do.
He's just not stupid. He knows that Moore tells lies and he doesn't need the hassles of having to defend himself against nonsense and other crap that isn't true at his age. That's my guess anyway.
He seems to have pretty close ties to some real libs in Hellywood including Tim Robbins and Sean Penn.
When he was Mayor of Carmel, did how did he run, as an independent, rep or dem