I totally agree with this and think there's too much extra button clicking / workflow steps in general in Premiere at the moment. If i'm going to copy/paste, for example to make a loop from bed music, i'd rather the standard keyboard shortcuts did exactly that and not force me to target and retarget tracks.
Generally i'm loving working in Premiere, but for all it faults and outdatedness, there's still a few places fcp7 felt more streamlined.