Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.
Input: Statement: Analysts called it another blow to Reno's credibility and another reason to appoint an independent counsel. Choices: 1. Ratings continue to decline as Reno's losing more credibility. 2. Reno has a conducted an independent study into its credibility and found no change, dismissing criticism from the investigative counsel of analysts responsible for the inquiries.  3. An independent counsel will act as a replacement.

3