[wp-hackers] Paragraphs stripped from bio field

[Scot Hacker]

Stick <p> tags in an author bio field, hit save. The <p> tags are  
gone. I found  a plugin to fix it:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/weasels-html-bios/

but am curious why the bio field works this way. Bug or  feature?  
Actually, I think it would be great to have the author bio field be a  
TinyMCE field.

Thanks,
Scot