Herman Cain on the campaign trail
"I am peace with my God," Cain said. Then turning to his wife of 43 years, Gloria, on the stage behind him, he said, "I am at peace with my wife. And she is at peace with me."
Cain vowed to continue promoting 9-9-9, and promised he would make an endorsement for president - though not of the current occupant of the White House.
Letterman quipped that Cain should create a hotline number, whereby Americans can dial 9-9-9 to get a free pizza. The GOP contender, insisting that his plan "works, it works," said that "instead of a free pizza, when you dial 9-9-9, you're gonna be able to get a job. That's the whole point."
Asked if he agrees with the president on Libya, Cain looks up and says, "OK, Libya." He then pauses for a moment. "President Obama supported the uprising, correct?" he asks, speaking carefully. "President Obama called for the removal of Qaddafi - just want to make sure we're talking about the same thing before I say 'Yes, I agree,' or 'No, I didn't agree. I do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason' - nope, that's a different one."
Cain then pauses for about five seconds. "I gotta go back and see - um, I got all this stuff twirling around in my head," he says. "Specifically, what are you asking me. Did I agree or not disagree with Obama?"
Cain called the allegations of an affair part of a "character assassination" plot against him - and told Fox News that, as such, he could not say "unequivocally" that "somebody else may not come up" with additional allegations against him.