getData dilemma

Ok, I'm starting to get the hang of this ckeditor stuff. I figured out how to properly load a ckeditor instance in a jquery dialog box.

Now, I can also use setData to set a default value,

var defaultMessage = 'Type your message here.';
CKEDITOR.instances.editor.setData( defaultMessage );

The problem comes when I need to getData in order to match it against my default message, so that using the focus() method, I can zero-out the default message:

        var defaultMessage = 'Type your message here.';
        CKEDITOR.instances.editor.setData( defaultMessage );
        CKEDITOR.instances['editor'].on('focus', function(){
                if(CKEDITOR.instances.editor.getData() == "<p>Type your message here.</p>"){
                    CKEDITOR.instances.editor.setData( '' );
                }
                else{
                    alert(CKEDITOR.instances.editor.getData());
                }
        })

Well, when I alert the value of getData, it returns "<p>Type your message here.</p>". So, that's the string I'm comparing my getData value to:

if(CKEDITOR.instances.editor.getData() == "<p>Type your message here.</p>")

Yet, that if statement fails. Any insight into this problem?