Definition: In this task, you're given a statement, and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence clearly disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3' corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: The answer was that the reporters who assailed Reagan's howlers were empiricists, but Reagan himself was not. Choices:  1. Most reporters are empiricists. 2. Reagan was an empiricist. 3. Empiricists assailed Reagan's howlers.

2