Wait, Was That Super Gay(er) Oliver North On 'The Americans'?

Surely, it was.  The Americans got some press by hiring traitor and coward--and obvious flaming closet case, according to the show--Oliver North as a consultant about Regan's treason and war crimes, but did they punk him by making the Ollie North fellow in the actual show an unhinged, murderous, traitorous, super-patriot, cock-mongering idiot?  It sure looks like it, especially with the actor, Lee Tergesen, playing it very broadly.  If this character was not a huge 'Fuck You!' to North, then I'm a fucking teabagger.