David Cameron was livid when his then opposite number - and prime minister - Gordon Brown suggested that he had it in for Sure Start.
The leader of the party of the family railed: "It's a disgrace that Gordon Brown has been trying to frighten people about this."
If this past year is anything to go by, Brown was 100% correct. This blog has covered some of the recent battles to save Sure Start schemes. Now the New Statesman has revealed that 27 centres have shut since May 2010, a figure much higher than most of us had assumed but closer to the one that many of us had feared.
In addition, there is a disparity in funding between the richer areas and the poorer areas. Guess which comes off worst.
Should the coalition last four more years one can only speculate how many more Sure Start centres will be axed.
