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: Upon consideration of the initial comments it received, the Commission declined to pursue the contract rate proposal, but solicited further comments on several broad issues concerning possible changes in the mail classification system. Choices: 1. Because of recent changes in the mail classification system, the Commission was unable to pursue the contract rate bid. 2. After receiving initial feedback, the Commission decided not to pursue the contract rate proposal but did decide to propose gathering additional comments on how they might save money by making changes to the mail classification system. 3. Although the Commission declined to further pursue the contract rate proposal after considering the initial comments they received, they did decide to seek additional feedback on issues related to changes in the mail classification system. 

2