Actually, Reagan nominated Kennedy to SCOTUS after the Bork debacle. His record on the bench has been a mixed bag, and now he functions as the 'swing vote'. GHWB nominated Souter based on Sununu's recommendation as a 'conservative': he turned out to be as far to the left as Stevens and Ginsberg.
You are correct, I get Souter and Kennedy mixed up. They were both such disappointments.