Certainly an asset, from an organizational point of view.

[When he wasn't getting one's lover tipsy and unlocking the details of her traumatic past, say.]

I might not vote for him if we have to send a group of mages to negotiate with the Chantry a second time. Or maybe I would. It can sometimes pay to have someone push for a high opening bid. And, as you observed, has the trick of pushing without the hearer feeling pushed.