So I get it now, pressing cmnd/cntrl, has to be done before touching the fader (or knobs).
For me this isn't the elegant solution I was looking for. I often hit the track view toggle key (-) while writing volume automation to see where I was previously. Call it the "poor man's SSL Auto-Match" method
The other thing that's a bit wonky doing the cmnd/cntrl thing is that I couldn't find a way to hide the automation data once I was viewing it. I had to go back and click on attention tack and hit (-) to hide it.
**Just a quick edit to this post, because I wanted to mention that I do appreciate the input from both Eddie and Maro Records for their suggestion and help. I'm sure I can come up with macro that will work for what I'm trying to achieve. Thanks again.
-Danny