Reagan nominated O'Connor, so that he would be the first president to place a woman on the SCOTUS.
Kennedy was a pig in a poke, after Bork was "BORKED" and the second nominee, Ginsburg ( yes, another one; this one was a man ) was found to have spent the '70s smoking pot, as a college prof. Kennedy was supposedly a "safe" nomination and you have NO knowledge that he "lied".
Levin knows Kennedy lied during the vetting process - he was there.