Javascript question

Does anyone know of a method of putting the Status Bar address into a variable? I would like to use the "onMouseOver" in a HRef link to capture the impending address that the status bar shows.

Thanx

A very basic example:

Code:

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<script type="text/javascript">function showHref(aElement){
        var url = aElement.href;
        alert(url);
}
</script>
<a href="http://www.google.com/" onmouseover="showHref(this)">Hover here to alert the url</a>

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