Is there a Illustrator plug in (CS4) for cleaning up/smoothing out paths fast?

I want to clean up some vector's paths quickly, removing nodes and making the paths smoother. Does anyone know
of a plug in for cs4 or CS6 that I can purchase or download that will help clean up my vectors faster without manually doing it myself?

The VectorScribe plugin has a Smart Remove Point function which could be useful, though it still involves manually selecting unnecessary points. It's much more useful than Illustrator's Simplify which almost always distorts the path.
Demo movie here:
www.astutegraphics.com/movies/vectorscribe/pathscribe/pathscribe-smart-remove-point.mov

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