Reagan gets a pass on O'Conner and Kennedy from me. O'Conner was the result of pressure to appoint the first female justice and Kennedy got the nod only after the "borking" of Bork and Douglas Ginsburg. If either Bork or Ginsburg had made it through O'Conner would have been irrelevant and Roe would be a bad memory by now.
Seems to me she was the result of a campaign promise to appoint a female to the court. Another example of political expediency like the signing of the Therapeutic Abortion Bill. Even the best get sucked into that stuff.
Reagan also promised that his next nominee after Bork would upset Bork's critics and share his views. All we got out of that was Kennedy. Who, incidently, was the subject of impeachment talk by conservatives such as Phyllis Schafly, Michael Farris and Edwin Vieria in 2005.