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He wants to delay filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to put more oil on the market, because, as he said Tuesday to the Renewable Fuels Association in Washington, “every little bit helps.” </p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>“Every little bit does help,” oil analyst Phil Flynn says, “but it doesn’t get any littler than this.”</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Flynn says the move would add only 15,000 barrels a day — a drop in the bucket compared to the almost 21 million barrels a day we use.</p><div class="aC"><div class="textSmallGrey w320"><a href="#storyContinued">Story continues below ↓</a><hr noshade size="1"> advertisement <div style="padding:0 10 10 10;"><script>ad_dap(250,300,'&PG=NBCMSN&AP=1089');</script></div><hr noshade size="1"></div></div><a name="storyContinued"></a><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>It’s a perceived change of heart from what candidate Bush said about the reserve in 2000.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>“It should not be used for short-term political gain at the cost of long-term national security,” said Bush on Sept. 21, 2000.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>“The Bush administration is going to try to do anything it can, even if it's a psychological gesture to the market,” says Flynn.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Should the government break up the big oil companies to bring down prices?</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>“This did not happen when there were 15 or 20 oil companies because you'd find good old-fashioned American competition would work,” says Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. </p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>In 1998, there were 11 major oil companies. After six mergers, today, there are five. But experts say the cry to break up these behemoths ignores the reality that the U.S. imports two-thirds of its oil — and these companies have little control over price.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="left" style="padding:5 15 0 0;"><tr><td><script>getCSS("3053751")</script><div class="box_3053751" style="width:300;"><script></script><table width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxH_3053751"><tr><td width="*" nowrap="true" class="boxHC_3053751"><div class="textSmallBold"> ‘NIGHTLY NEWS’ REPORTS ON GAS PRICES</div></td></tr></table><table width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxB_3053751"><tr valign="top"><td class="boxBI_3053751"><div class="textHang"><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060615095600/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12615091/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">98 cents a gallon? 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