Did McCain pick Sarah Palin to bait Obama to talk about experience?

Question

The Obama campaign's first response to her being picked was to say that she had "zero foreign policy experience." Isn't this an argument that McCain stands win?

Answer 1

It's great unless you count going to grade school in Indonesia as foreign policy experience.

Answer 2

It's to show that the Democrats are a bunch of whiners.  She has five kids with a middle class income and isn't hurting.  She also had a child she knew would have Down Syndrome which partially shoots down the pro-abortion arguments.

Answer 3

That would be stupid because she has zero