Spot removal in LR3 can't heal

Whe I try to use the spot removal tool in lightroom 3 it simply uses clone instead of heal. I have tried setting it to heal, but it still clones. It is set on heal but still clones.

That is normal behavior.
The Extra Circle is the source point for both cloning and healing your destination point. The behavior of the tool is different.
Clone= Less-intellegent copying of pixels
Heal= Smarter blending of the pixels
Both require a source point (user choose-able by moving the "extra circle")
Try both modes on a hard surface edge like the edge of a building or a horizon and you should see the difference.

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