ools the coalitions he helped create with ruth bader ginsburg where they got five important decision on key aspects of obamacare and same-sex marriage. >> it reminds me of what lyndon johnson used to say, which is you never know what it is like to be a father until you become a father, he told males on his staff. he said in the context among other things the fact that until you put someone on the supreme court you never know how it's going to work out. dwight eisenhower, who was right of most things, one of the great fire brands who changed american history, william brennan, both more liberal than eisenhower wanted or expected. john kennedy appointed byron light, who was someone who he had known for decades and surprised kennedy and surprised others by being a lot more conservative than he had been