Swedish PM to wait in line for hip operation 25 May 2004 16:50:45 GMT STOCKHOLM, May 25 (Reuters) - Even the prime minister has to wait in line in equality-conscious Sweden. Goran Persson needs a hip replacement operation. But in a country famed for its cradle-to-grave welfare state and where politicians see themselves as ordinary folk, the leader of the ruling Social Democratic party won't go private. "I'm counting that this will be managed through public healthcare. I would be very surprised if not," Persson told reporters on Tuesday. Swedes are likely to applaud their leader, whose party pledges "people...