Agreed! I often find myself refactoring setup methods to factories called by the individual tests whenever I come across tests that need to do some prep work before they can run. Makes things much easier to grasp when you revisit the test fixtures later.
Interesting, it reminded me of one of my favorite quotes:
Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' - Alice speaks to Cheshire Cat `That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. `I don't much care where--' said Alice. `Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat. `--so long as I get somewhere,' Alice added as an explanation. `Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, `if you only walk long enough.'