Says that he did "not exactly" say that communities have the right to ban mosques. Cain says he did "not exactly" say communities have the right to ban mosques Share this story: Just when we thought metro Atlanta's Herman Cain had moved past the controversy over his opinions on Islam, he tumbled right back into the fray. The GOP candidate and former CEO of Godfather's Pizza generated headlines in March when he said he would not hire a Muslim for his Cabinet. Cain later denied he made that statement, a claim we rated Pants on Fire. In July, Cain ignited another controversy after he told anchor Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday" that he thinks communities have the right to ban mosques. Wallace brought up the issue when he moderated Thursday's GOP debate in Ames, Iowa. "You said that communities have the right to ban Muslims from building mosques, before you later apologized. ... How do you reassure people that you know enough to be president of the United States, sir?" Wallace asked. After some back and forth, Cain replied with this: "The first point that you raised, about saying that communities have a right to ban mosques, no, that's not exactly what I said. Unfortunately, the people who helped you put that together have misquoted me. I have gone on record, and I put it in a press release that's available at my office that simply says that if anyone misunderstood my intent, I apologize for that. But never