using published/unpublished rather than body field

This is actually basically referring to http://drupal.org/node/383774 but for 6.x-2.x-dev. Will this newer version be able to use unpublished/published node rather than just hiding the body? It will come in a lot more handy to be able to set any node that has not been paid to unpublished since the use of CCK creates so many other fields rather than just "body" field, so currently a lot of fields are exposed anyway even if it's unpaid.

Even if it's manually setting node as published once paid will be good enough. If using this method requires paid custom work, then message me the cost.