Yes, and he won the election by the narrowest of margins, and Cheney became a liability.
Cheney was a bad choice for several reasons.
Cheney was criticized by the left. There was very little criticism from the right. So that’s not a bad choice in my book. Especially when that choice got him reelected with the only time the GOP won the popular vote in the last 25 years. Bush needed someone with obvious brains to balance him out and he got it with Cheney.