It's that he only gave one name instead of naming his wife and his daughter. Surely he regards them both enough to honor them BOTH by name, instead of just one. Referring to two people and then giving just one name in the same sentence is just wrong.
I think you might mean incessant obsession with the smallest details, and I don't think that clouds objectivity at all, in fact, it only serves to enhance it by enhancing the depth in which I will OBSERVE things, thus intensifying observation, and hence, objectivity.
I obsess over the smaller details because I think that life is important. If I didn't think life was important, then I wouldn't care about being precise or worry about any details.