No, I'm putting this back...I'm PRETTY confident this doesn't work
You cant have a template have an item which is bound to a root property.
So if I have 3 items repeating from my template...and they all reference a root property. Then I change that root property in an event somewhere...none of the templates bound to it update, although the viewmodel DOES update (viewed in firebug). Doesn't matter if you use parent() or just the propertyname itself...does nothing
On initial bind the right value is there, but never changes after it