Who has the most experience?

I keep thinking about this issue and I'm puzzled by the fact that it's even being brought up. It should be evident and obvious to the most casual observer that John McCain has the most military experience of any of the candidates and their running mates. After all, he's the only one that has actually served in the military. That certainly gives him a better handle on military matters than any of the others.

Sarah Palin, just like George Bush and Bill Clinton were as governors, is currently the head of the Alaska National Guard. That may not seem like a whole lot of hands on experience, but it does mean she's been to Kuwait for a visit with her troops and it does mean she has participated in some of their weapons familiarization drills (as seen in this video).

Sarah Palin Visits the Troops in Kuwait - The most amazing home videos are here

On the other hand, Barack Obama has zero military experience. I don't even know if he has an inkling of which end of a gun to hold when firing said gun.

The same can be said for Joe Biden, about zero military experience.

Knowing there will probably be a continuing war in Afghanistan, military experience is a matter of some importance.

Out of the four, Sarah Palin is the only one with any executive experience. She has run her own business, she's been a mayor (even though it was a smaller town, it's better than nothing) and is currently the Governor of Alaska.

John McCain was an officer in the US Navy, a US Naval Academy graduate, where he attained the rank of Captain. He has attended the National War College in Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. during the 1973–1974 academic year. He was commanding officer of A-7 Corsair II training squadron located at Naval Air Station Cecil Field in Jacksonville.

During his military service, before retirement in 1981, he was awarded the following medals.

	Silver Star
	Legion of Merit with Combat V and one gold star
	Distinguished Flying Cross
	Bronze Star with Combat V and two gold stars
	Purple Heart with one gold star
	Meritorious Service Medal
	Air Medal with one bronze star and Numeral "2"
	Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V and one gold star
	Combat Action Ribbon
	Prisoner of War Medal
	Navy Expeditionary Medal (Cuban quarantine)
	Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Cuban quarantine)
	National Defense Service Medal

Barack Obama has never run anything, except parts of his anotomy and the same can be said for Joe Biden.

Now, I ask again, who has the most experience?

As an aside, John McCain, who to my knowledge I have never met, and I were in the same theater of operations off of Cuba in the 1962-1963 Cuban Missle Crisis. Our duty stations were vastly different with his being the USS Enterprise, while I was on the USS Little Rock CLG-4.