Experience

Since I am in Texas I have luckily (NOT) seen political ads on TV. One Obama ad has him talking about being raised by a single mother and his grandparents implying that he knows the pain of the lower and middle classes. But compare it to the life experience of John McCain: 6 years in a Vietnamese prison camp. When he was offered the chance to be release he chose instead to stay with his fellow prisoners. Now that's a story!