ATs theory question

[dfscott]

Most people (including myself) seem to advocate raising ATs in MP or LP. But then you see people talking about just calling postflop. It seems like flopping an A is a mixed blessing because you might be out-kicked. Flopping a T is ok, but you have to watch out for non-A overcards later.

So all-in-all, it looks like ATs isn't much better than A8s or even A7s, which I don't think anyone would advocate raising. What am I missing here? It just because TPTK is that much better when the TP is tens? Raising because you might flop a ten seems thin to me.

(BTW, my copy of SSH hasn't arrived yet, so if it's in there, I apologize and retract my post.)