a way to shorten <xsl:value-of select="X"/> ?

In the following line (from my XSL file) {videoClubCard} is being expanded
correctly to the value specified in the XML document.  Is there a similar way
to get that to work in the case where it is not setting the 'value' attribute
of an HTML tag?
  This line works correctly, but I'm wanting to know if there is a shorter way
to express <xsl:value-of select="videoClubCard"/>.

<option value="{videoClubCard}/>"  selected  /><xsl:value-of select="videoClubCard"/>

 Thanks,
   -M@ in Seattle

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Matt Hixson
Aventail Corporation
Seattle, Washington


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