Dragging the Clone/Heal brush, like in PSCS.

OK, am I missing it here.
I love the Adjustment Brush.
I really like the permanently adjustable Clone/Heal spot feature.
But, am I missing it here. Is there still no ability to drag the Clone/Heal tool across the image? A keystroke-add to activate this maybe? You know, dragging the brush, just like PS has done for generations.
I have to have just missed this in the manual. If so, I apologize in advance.
But please tell me where. :b

The reason seems to be that Adobe wants to sell Photoshop in addition to Lightroom.
The lack of a proper cloning tool is probably the single most reason why people need to do a trip to Photoshop.
I cannot think of another explanation since a better cloning tool has been requested so many times. Lens correction is a lot harder to do and is now part of LR 3.
Another indicator for a non-technical reason is that the "better cloning tool" requests are all not answered by Adobe officials.
Too bad.
EDIT: Thanks to Victoria who provided a good answers in another thread I created. The most likely technical reason probably is "performance".

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