Pages panel: Option-drag to duplicate broken in CS6

For some reason, the ability to quickly duplicate a page or spread in the Page panel via an Option-drag doesn't work in CS6. If I try to, say, Option-drag page 3 to insert a duplicate of it between pages 8 and 9, all it does is move page 3 there. To get the desired result, I have to first duplicate the page (which inserts it at the end of my document), then drag it to the proper place.
Option-drag to duplicate/insert worked fine in previous versions, and it's expected behavior on the Mac. Am I missing something here?

Thanks, Bob!
I've also noticed that sometimes Option-drag does nothing at all. I get a spinning beachball for a second, then... nothing.
I'm hesitant to believe that trashing my preferences will fix this, as I've seen this happen on two separate Macs.

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