We don't use modx tags within the content very often, but when we do it's often a pain. TinyMCE wraps them with <p> tags and can make some of the code ugly or even mess it up. Turning off the forced <p> tags isn't always easy or a good option.
I thought I was the only one code fighting with TinyMCE - Not!
Great idea about this cleaning away code.
I remember Susan Otwell posted something great a while ago about keeping modx tags out of TinyMCE and only use TinyMCE for tags like <p> and <h> etc that are allowed for frontend editors. I still haven't figured that out how to do that. For example how do you keep your chunks, snippets, tv's out of the content. I hope Susan will reply on this.